[BUG] sh: 1: xdg-open: not found

[bnb]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have searched the existing issues

This issue exists in the latest npm version

• I am using the latest npm

Current Behavior

Running npm publish fails because xdg-open is not installed.

❯ npm publish
npm notice 
npm notice 📦  bitandbang@3.0.1
npm notice === Tarball Contents === 
npm notice 1.1kB LICENSE     
npm notice 293B  README.md   
npm notice 233B  bin/card.js 
npm notice 1.8kB bin/output  
npm notice 914B  package.json
npm notice === Tarball Details === 
npm notice name:          bitandbang                              
npm notice version:       3.0.1                                   
npm notice filename:      bitandbang-3.0.1.tgz                    
npm notice package size:  1.8 kB                                  
npm notice unpacked size: 4.3 kB                                  
npm notice shasum:        e41e2f220aab4bac285b1c92b77529028be79442
npm notice integrity:     sha512-uopvx5yoKCJmR[...]v/TqtK3drTsSA==
npm notice total files:   5                                       
npm notice 
npm notice Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access
Authenticate your account at:
https://www.npmjs.com/auth/cli/7bc3930c-17c0-4537-8ec1-d8f724859741
Press ENTER to open in the browser...
npm ERR! code 127
npm ERR! command failed
npm ERR! command sh -c xdg-open https://www.npmjs.com/auth/cli/npm_***
npm ERR! sh: 1: xdg-open: not found

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /home/bnb/.npm/_logs/2022-11-29T06_42_23_988Z-debug-0.log

Expected Behavior

Running npm publish works

Steps To Reproduce

1. Use WSL2 with Ubuntu
2. Use fnm to install Node.js
3. Update npm with npm i -g npm
4. Try to publish a module

Environment

• npm: 9.1.2
• Node.js: 19.1.0
• OS Name: Windows / WSL2 (Ubuntu)
• npm config:

; "user" config from /home/bnb/.npmrc

//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken = (protected) 

; "project" config from /home/bnb/GitHub/bnb/bitandbang/.npmrc

package-lock = false 

; "cli" config from command line options

location = "project" 

; node bin location = /home/bnb/.local/share/fnm/node-versions/v19.1.0/installation/bin/node
; node version = v19.1.0
; npm local prefix = /home/bnb/GitHub/bnb/bitandbang
; npm version = 9.1.2
; cwd = /home/bnb/GitHub/bnb/bitandbang
; HOME = /home/bnb
; Run `npm config ls -l` to show all defaults.

[bnb]

logfile output:

0 verbose cli /home/bnb/.local/share/fnm/node-versions/v19.1.0/installation/bin/node /mnt/wslg/runtime-dir/fnm_multishells/27976_1669703149802/bin/npm
1 info using npm@9.1.2
2 info using node@v19.1.0
3 timing npm:load:whichnode Completed in 0ms
4 timing config:load:defaults Completed in 1ms
5 timing config:load:file:/home/bnb/.local/share/fnm/node-versions/v19.1.0/installation/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc Completed in 0ms
6 timing config:load:builtin Completed in 0ms
7 timing config:load:cli Completed in 1ms
8 timing config:load:env Completed in 1ms
9 timing config:load:file:/home/bnb/GitHub/bnb/bitandbang/.npmrc Completed in 1ms
10 timing config:load:project Completed in 3ms
11 timing config:load:file:/home/bnb/.npmrc Completed in 1ms
12 timing config:load:user Completed in 1ms
13 timing config:load:file:/home/bnb/.local/share/fnm/node-versions/v19.1.0/installation/etc/npmrc Completed in 0ms
14 timing config:load:global Completed in 0ms
15 timing config:load:setEnvs Completed in 1ms
16 timing config:load Completed in 8ms
17 timing npm:load:configload Completed in 8ms
18 timing npm:load:mkdirpcache Completed in 0ms
19 timing npm:load:mkdirplogs Completed in 0ms
20 verbose title npm publish
21 verbose argv "publish"
22 timing npm:load:setTitle Completed in 1ms
23 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 2ms
24 timing npm:load:display Completed in 2ms
25 verbose logfile logs-max:10 dir:/home/bnb/.npm/_logs/2022-11-29T06_42_23_988Z-
26 verbose logfile /home/bnb/.npm/_logs/2022-11-29T06_42_23_988Z-debug-0.log
27 timing npm:load:logFile Completed in 3ms
28 timing npm:load:timers Completed in 0ms
29 timing npm:load:configScope Completed in 0ms
30 timing npm:load Completed in 15ms
31 silly logfile start cleaning logs, removing 1 files
32 timing config:load:flatten Completed in 0ms
33 verbose publish [ '.' ]
34 silly logfile done cleaning log files
35 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 0ms
36 timing arborist:ctor Completed in 0ms
37 notice
38 notice 📦  bitandbang@3.0.1
39 notice === Tarball Contents ===
40 notice 1.1kB LICENSE     
40 notice 293B  README.md   
40 notice 233B  bin/card.js 
40 notice 1.8kB bin/output  
40 notice 914B  package.json
41 notice === Tarball Details ===
42 notice name:          bitandbang                              
42 notice version:       3.0.1                                   
42 notice filename:      bitandbang-3.0.1.tgz                    
42 notice package size:  1.8 kB                                  
42 notice unpacked size: 4.3 kB                                  
42 notice shasum:        e41e2f220aab4bac285b1c92b77529028be79442
42 notice integrity:     sha512-uopvx5yoKCJmR[...]v/TqtK3drTsSA==
42 notice total files:   5                                       
43 notice
44 notice Publishing to https://registry.npmjs.org/ with tag latest and default access
45 http fetch PUT 401 https://registry.npmjs.org/bitandbang 275ms
46 http fetch GET 202 https://registry.npmjs.org/-/v1/done?authId=npm_*** 138ms
47 timing command:publish Completed in 1849ms
48 verbose stack Error: command failed
48 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/home/bnb/.local/share/fnm/node-versions/v19.1.0/installation/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/@npmcli/promise-spawn/lib/index.js:53:27)
48 verbose stack     at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
48 verbose stack     at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1098:16)
48 verbose stack     at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:456:11)
48 verbose stack     at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
48 verbose stack     at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:298:12)
49 verbose cwd /home/bnb/GitHub/bnb/bitandbang
50 verbose Linux 5.15.74.2-microsoft-standard-WSL2
51 verbose node v19.1.0
52 verbose npm  v9.1.2
53 error code 127
54 error command failed
55 error command sh -c xdg-open https://www.npmjs.com/auth/cli/npm_***
56 error sh: 1: xdg-open: not found
57 verbose exit 127
58 timing npm Completed in 1877ms
59 verbose code 127
60 error A complete log of this run can be found in:
60 error     /home/bnb/.npm/_logs/2022-11-29T06_42_23_988Z-debug-0.log

[nlf]

this looks like https://github.com/npm/promise-spawn/blob/main/lib/index.js#L134-L136 isn't working, WSL should be using the windows start command. can you tell me what node -p "require('os').release()" prints?

[bnb]

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner in this @nlf, thanks for the fix ❤️